who has the most receiving tds per game in a single season since 1970

Since 1970, Jerry Rice has the most receiving touchdowns per game played in a season, with 1.83 in 1987.

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  • Data note: Receiving Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921
NAMETD/GPREC TDGPSEASONTMRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1.83
22
12
1987
65
1,078
16.6
89.8
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
2Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.44
23
16
2007
98
160
1,493
15.2
93.3
0
0
0.0
0
3Davante Adams
D. Adams
1.29
18
14
2020
115
149
1,374
11.9
98.1
0
0
0.0
0
4Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
1.2
18
15
1984
73
1,389
19.0
92.6
35
3
11.7
2.3
0
5Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
1.14
8
7
2026
58
78
867
14.9
123.9
29
3
9.7
4.1
0
6Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1.13
18
16
1994
94
1,119
11.9
69.9
15
3
5.0
0.9
0
7Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
1.13
9
8
1982
49
1,032
21.1
129.0
32
5
6.4
4.0
0
8Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1.06
17
16
2011
90
124
1,327
14.7
82.9
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
9Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.06
17
16
2003
111
172
1,632
14.7
102.0
18
6
3.0
1.1
0
10Randy Moss
R. Moss
1.06
17
16
1998
69
1,313
19.0
82.1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
11Cris Carter
C. Carter
1.06
17
16
1995
122
1,371
11.2
85.7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
12Carl Pickens
C. Pickens
1.06
17
16
1995
99
1,234
12.5
77.1
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
13Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1.06
17
16
1989
82
1,483
18.1
92.7
33
5
6.6
2.1
0
14Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1
2
2
2026
11
13
68
6.2
34.0
75
32
2.3
37.5
1
15Davante Adams
D. Adams
1
14
14
2025
60
114
789
13.2
56.4
0
0
0.0
0
16Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
1
17
17
2024
127
175
1,708
13.4
100.5
32
3
10.7
1.9
0
17Tay Martin
T. Martin
1
1
1
2024
1
2
49
49.0
49.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Tyler Johnson
T. Johnson
1
1
1
2023
2
3
8
4.0
8.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Ty Montgomery
T. Montgomery
1
1
1
2022
3
4
15
5.0
15.0
-2
2
-1.0
-2.0
0
20Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1
3
3
2022
16
22
171
10.7
57.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Tyler Badie
T. Badie
1
1
1
2022
1
1
24
24.0
24.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
22Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1
15
15
2020
87
135
1,276
14.7
85.1
123
13
9.5
8.2
2
23Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1
1
1
2019
4
8
56
14.0
56.0
5
1
5.0
5.0
0
24Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1
15
15
2018
104
168
1,297
12.5
86.5
0
0
0.0
0
25D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
1
1
1
2018
2
2
28
14.0
28.0
-1
7
-0.1
-1.0
0

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